Professor Claudio Michelon

Professor of Philosophy of Law

Director of the Edinburgh Centre for Legal Theory; Head of Subject Area: Legal Theory

LLB, M.Phil, PhD

Tel: +44 131 650 2026

Email: c.michelon@ed.ac.uk

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Professor Michelon's research currently focuses on (a) legal argumentation and on (b) the underlying normative structure of private law doctrines, rules, and concepts.

In relation to legal argumentation, his work investigates several related topics, including: 

(i)             the role of subjectivity, in particular practical perception, in legal decision-making. He is interested on the role character dispositions (such as virtues and vices) play in the deployment of sound legal arguments; 

(ii)            the underlying structure of various types of legal argument (legal analogies, inferences to the best explanation, arguments from exemplars, etc.) and the commitments implicit in their use.

His work on private law theory addresses the relationship between private law and justice and the role of private law in structuring the private sphere, among other topics. His legal doctrinal work focuses on the comparative law of unjustified enrichment and contract.

At Edinburgh Law School he teaches courses on general jurisprudence, legal argumentation, and private law theory. 

For more details about legal philosophy in Edinburgh check the Centre for Legal Theory pages